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1. APPARATUS FOR SORTING ARTICLES COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL ENDLESS INPUT CONVEYORS, SAID INPUT CONVEYORS EACH HAVING A SERIES OF ARTICLE RECEIVING PANS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID PANS IN SPACED RELATION ALONG THE INPUT CONVEYOR FOR ACCOMMODATING DOWNWARD PASSAGE OF ARTICLES BETWEEN ADJACENT PANS; AN ENDLESS DISTRIBUTING CONVEYOR HAVING A REACH THAT CROSSES AND EXTENDS BENEATH REACHES OF SAID INPUT CONVEYORS, SAID DISTRIBUTOR CONVEYOR HAVING A SERIES OF JACKETS FOR RECEIVING THE ARTICLES, STATIONARY MATRIX PANS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE INTERSECTIONS OF SAID INPUT AND DISTRIBUTOR CONVEYOR REACHES, MEANS FOR RAKING ARTICLES FROM THE INPUT CONVEYOR PANS INTO THE STATIONARY MATRIX PANS, MEANS FOR RAKING ARTICLES FROM THE STATIONARY MATRIX PANS INTO SAID JACKETS; A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE DESTINATION BINS DISPOSED ALONG EACH DISTRIBUTOR CONVEYOR; 